1878 Official and Historical Atlas Map of Alameda County, California is a color facsimile reprint of the original 1878 atlas documenting one of the San Francisco Bay Area's most rapidly developing counties during the post-Gold Rush era of industrialization and settlement. Please note that this reprint includes the maps, city and town plats, and illustrations only — the History of Alameda County, Census Statistics, and Patrons Directory found in the original volume are not included in this edition. The atlas features a full state map, county map, and eight detailed farm maps covering Alameda County's agricultural and residential lands, alongside an index map of Alameda, Oakland, and vicinity. City, town, and village plats provide exceptional detail for Oakland across all of its wards — including First through Eighteenth Wards and areas outside city limits — as well as Centreville, Haywards, Alvarado, Livermore, Mission San José, Niles, Pleasanton, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, and Vallejo Mills and Washington Corners.
Among the most compelling features of this atlas are its extensive illustrations, offering a vivid visual record of Alameda County life and commerce in 1878 — including views of the Alvarado Salt Works, Washington College, Warm Springs Landing, Rock Island Salt Works, and the residences and properties of prominent county families and businesses including U.P. Salt Co. and Roberts' Landing. The farm maps record landowner names, property boundaries, and land use patterns at a pivotal moment in the county's history, when Oakland was growing rapidly as a terminus of the transcontinental railroad and the broader county was transitioning from ranching and grain farming to diversified agriculture and industry. This color facsimile is an essential resource for genealogists tracing Alameda County and Bay Area family histories, historians researching 19th-century California land ownership and urban development, and collectors of California and Western Americana. A rare and richly detailed primary source, this reprint makes an important piece of Northern California history accessible to researchers and collectors alike.
8.5" x 11". 140 Pages. Color.
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